Cigar lighter



(No Model.)

H. UNGER.

CIGAR LIGHTER. No. 261,070. PatentedJuly 11, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FEICE.

HENRY UNGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,070, dated July 11,1882.

' Application filed June 5, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, HENRY UNGER, of Baltimore,in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cigar-Lighters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a side View of my improved cigarlighter with theface-plate of the tape-box removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail viewof the upper part of the tape-box with its hammer, hammer-knife, andfeed-wheel; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the top part ofthe tapeboxwith its adjuncts on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that kind of portable cigar-lighters inwhich a spring-actuated hammer strikes atape provided with some ignitingcomposition, the flash from which lights a small lamp or fuse attachedto one side of the case containing the tape-fusee, hammer, and theiroperating mechanism.

Myimprovement consists in the construction of the hammer andfeed-wheel,whereby I avoid slipping of the tape-fusee and provide forthe severing of the burned or used-up portion of the fusee, all ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a small lamp,withthe cap covering the wick removed. This lamp is soldered or otherwisesecured to one side of a case, B, in the lower part of which iscontained the tapefusee G, which is wound around a pin, D.

E is the spring-actuated hammer, the lower part of which forms thespring E; and cis the hammer-knife, which is placed directly under thehammer head and works against a cushion, b, placed against one side ofthe case B, facing the tape-i'usee.

F is the feed-wheel for feeding the tape-fusee to the hammer. This is inthe nature of a sprocket wheel, having four arms, f, (more or materialto come exactly opposite to the hammer. ThenextetnllLotlthenvheeLreleases the hammer and hammer-spring by lettingits arm f pass through the slotd in the spring, and the hammer, nowdescending on the tape-fusee, i g-l nites the latter, and by the flashtherefrom ignites the wick'coof the lamp. At the same time thehammer-knife e, striking against the cushion b on the opposite side ofthe tape fusee, will sever or out ofl" that portion of the same whichhas already been used.

In devices oftbis class it has been found that the arms of thefeed-wheel F are apt to slip on the tape-fusee without feeding it therequisite distance up against the ignitinghammer, and to avoid this Iprovide the outer ends of the armsf with spurs fflwhich project into thematerial of the fusee,and thus absolutely prevent slipping.

Having thus desci ibed my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States In a portable cigar-lighter of thedescribed class, the"c oinbiha'tion of the tape-fusee-containing case B,having cushion b, fusee O, and feed-wheel F,with the spring-actuatedhammer E E, provided with a knife or cutter, e, substantially as and (orthe purpose herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myzrown I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HENRY UNGER.

Witnesses:

LoUIs KURTZ, Jr., LOUIS BAGGER.

